16 GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN MOTION PICTURéS THE AFRICAN QUEEN-Katharine Hepburn and H umphrey Bogart in a stirring dramatization of the C. S. Forester novel about a lady missionary and a hard-bitten river-boat cap- tain who decide, during the First World War, to make common cause against the Germans and attack a ship of the Kaiser's navy. Directed by John Huston and filmed in i\frica. (Plaza, 42 E. 58th, EL 5-3320; through May 13....fJJTrans-Lux 85th St., Madison at 85th, BU 8-3180; starting May 10. . . . fJJ Terrace, 9th Ave. at 23rd, CH 2- 9280; starting May 13.. . . fJJ Gramercy, Lex- ington at 23rd, GR 5-1660; and Trans-Lux Colony, 2nd Ave. at 79th, Bl. 8-9468; start- ing May 14.... fJJ 8th St Playhouse, 52 W. 8th GR 7-7874; starting May 14, tentative.) CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRy-Made in and around Johannesburg, this film IS a compelling adapta- tion of Alan Paton's novel about the struggles of the black man to survive in South Africa Canada Lee is superb as a put-upon, back- country preacher. (Murray Hill, Park at 42nd, MU 2- 143 I; starting May 14.) ENCoRE-Three IIlure Maugham stories trans- lated to the screen in an English film, with fairly entertaining results. The participants include Roland Culver, Nigel Patrick, Glynis Johns, and Kay Walsh (N ormandIe, I lOW 57 th , JU 6-444 8 .) FIVE FINGERS-SOme dirty work on the Levantine littoral, with spies all over the place and J ames Mason behaving competently. (68th St. Plavhouse 3rd Ave at 8th, RE 4-0302; through May Q.) THE LAVENDER HILL MOB-Ho\v a mild little fel- low in the Bank of England manages to do his employers out of a million pounds, amid the nicest sort of hilarity. Alec Guinness is the employee of the bank, and Stanley Hollo- way is his redoubtable colleague in this Eng- lish picture. (Fine Arts, [28 E. 58th, PL 5-6030; through May 14.) THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT-A delightful English picture about a fanatical industrial scientist \vho invents a cloth that won't wear out or get soiled. Alec Guinness (who else?) is fine as the inventor, and Ernest Thesiger, Cecil Parker, and Joan Greenwood lend him apt assistance. (Sutton, 3rd Ave. at 57th, PL 9- 1 4 1 1.) MIRACLE IN MilAN-De Sica directed this Italian fantasy concerning a lad who is so full of ingenuity and virtue that he transforms a shantytown into a popular resIdential area. A very comic film most of the time. (Bever- ly 3rd Ave at 50th, EL 5-8790; through May 12, tentative.) Quo V ADls-Christlans vs. pagans in a first- century bout that suffers from the lack of a timekeeper. Robert Taylor, 29,999 other actors, and a zooful of livestock are fitfully visible. (York, 1st Ave. at 64th, RH 4-5779; May 11-14.) TALES OF HOFFMANN-A big British omelet com- posed of opera, ballet, and cinematography. The color is dazzling, the music is good, and the dancers are nimble, but the whole thing only goes to show that looking into a kaleido- scope for two hours and more can grow rather wearisome. With Moira Shearer, Rob- ert Helpmann, and Robert Rounseville. (Mur- ray Hill, Park at 42nd, MD 2-1431; starting May 14.) ASTOR, B'way at 45th. (JU 6- 22 4 0 ) Through May 14: "My Six Convicts .. Mil- lard Mitchell, Gilbert Roland. CAPITOL, B'way at 51st (JU 2-5060) "Carbine Williams," James Stewart, Jean Hagen CRITERION, B way at 44th. (LU 2- 1 796) May 8: "The Green Glove," Glenn Ford, Geraldine Brooks From May 9: "The Sniper,' Adolphe Menjou, Arthur Franz. MAYFAIR, 7th Ave. at 47th. (CI 5-9800) "The Atomic City," Gene Barry MusIc HALL, 6th Ave. at 50th. (CI 6-4600) "Scaramouche," Stewart Granger Eleanor Parker FILMS OF MORE THAN ROUTINE INTEREST ARE DESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION I L I II :::... -:::f - >::' , -t IC",\\ - .... ;;: I, oC:\. \ ,. .......... III; ,,"'" '"': .. " ,..r;"" ,.( '"";. .... .... ". ....".. r ... \ / r'- ' r J r"( 0 \ p" { , (\í '" J; ,... "" c- o , t:' '. , \ .,. -MI'\1=(TIN - VIVA ZAPATA'!-A film that gets awfully snarled up when it lets its characters burble about the significance of Mexican revolutions but that has some rousing moments when all hands mount their mustangs and charge around the landscape. With MarIon Brando, Jean Peters, Anthony Quinn, and Joseph Wiseman. (York, I st Ave. at 64th, RH 4- 5779; through May 9. . . . fJJ Trans-Lux Col- ony, 2nd Ave. at 79th, BU 8-9468; through May 10. . . . fJJ Waverly, 6th Ave. at 3rd, W A 9-8038; May 10-12.... fJJ Greenwich, Green- wich Ave. at 12th, W A 9-3350; and Carlton, B'wayat 100th, AC 2-3862; May 11-13.) R.EV IV ALS THE ADVENTURESS (I947)-An English comedy about the anti-British activities of a patriotic Irish girl during the war. With Deborah Kerr. (Gramercy, Lexington at 23rd, GR 5-1660; May 11-13.) BLITHE SPIRIT (I945)-The Noel Coward romp with ghosts and mediums An English pic- ture, with Rex Harrison. (Gramercy, Lex- ington at 23rd, GR 5-1660; through May 10. . . . fJJ Murray HIll, Park at 42nd MU 2-1431; May 11-13.) THE BRAVE BULLS (195 I )-Bull fighting in Mex- ico. With Mel Ferrer as a melancholy mata- dor. (Waverly, 6th Ave. at 3rd, W A 9-8038; May 9.) BRIGHT VICTORY (195 I )-How one blinded soldier finds peace in a sightless world. Arthur Ken- nedy and Peggy Dow are in it. (Trans-Lux 85th St., Madison at 85th, BD 8-3180; through May 9. . . . fJJ Trans-Lux Colony, 2nd Ave. at 79th, BlT 8-9468; May 11-13.... fJJ Waverly, 6th Ave at 3rd, W A 9-8038; Greenwich, Greenwich Ave. at 12th, W A 9- 3350; and Carlton, B'way at Iooth AC 2-3862; starting May 14.) . . . THE BR.O ADW A Y AR.EA FILMS OF MORE THAN ROUTINE INTEREST APPEAR IN HEAVY TYPE AND ARE DESCRIBED IN THE SECTION ABOVE PARAMOUNT. B way at 43rd (LO 3-1 100) Through May 13: "Macao," Jane Russell, Robert Mitchum. From May 14: "Rancho Notorious," Mar- lene Dietrich, Arthur Kennedy. RIVOLl, B'way at 49th. (CI 7-1633) "The Pride of St. Louis" Dan Dailey, Joanne Dru. Roxy. 7th Ave. at 50th (CI 7-6000) "Belles on Their Toes" Jeanne Crain, Myrna Loy. BRINGING UP BABY (1938)-Katharine Hepburn (a rich girl), Cary Grant (a scientist), =1nd two leopards (leopards) (Carlton, B'W3., at Iooth, AC 2-3862; May 9-10.) CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA (I946)-G. B. Shaw's conception of the conqueror. An English film, with Claude Rains and Vivien Leigh (Gree wich, Greenwich Ave. at 12th, WA 9-335U; May 9-10.) CHAPLIN COMEDIEs-"The Immigrant "The Adventurer," "The Cure ,. and HEr . Street," all one-reelers from the sil nt pdst (Thalia, B'way at 95th, AC 2-3370 ) THE GHOST GOES WEST (I 93 )-Robert Donat in Rene Clair's English filrn concerning a 'ot- tish ca tle moved to America. (5th Playhouse, 5th Ave. at 12th, OR 5-9 0 starting May 9.... fJJ Beverly, 3rd AVL at 50th, EL 5-8790; starting May 13, tentative.) THE HAPPIEST DAYS OF YOUR LIFE (I950)-Mar- garet Rutherford and Alastair Sim in a British comedy about the merger of a b()v ' school and a girls' school (Carlton B\vc Iooth AC 2-3 862 ; May r> ) IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (I934)-Love on a bp<:: Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable. (M "lrr Hill, Park at 42nd, MU 2-143 I; May [I -I 3. ) LAURA ( I 944)-Clifton Webb, Gene Tierney, and Dana t\ndrews involved in homicide. (Trans-Lux 72nd St, 1st Ave. at 72nd, BU 8-9304; starting May 9, tentative.) MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA (1947 )-Rosalind Russel] and Katlna Paxinou in the O'N eil1 melodrama. (Waverly, 6th Ave. at 3rd, W A 9-8038; May 13.) MOVIE CRAZY (I932)-The venerable Harold Lloyd commotion ( 5th Ave. Playhouse, 5th Ave. at 12th, OR 5-9630; May 8.) THE MUDLARK (1950)- The tale of an urchin vvho bursts into Windsor Castle and makes Victoria (Irene Dunne) stop brooding about the late Albert. With Andrew Ray (Carlton, B'way at Iooth, AC 2-3862; May 9-10.) QUARTET (1949)- The first collectIon of Somer- set Maugham short stories An English film, with Mai Zetterling, Françoise Rosay, and Cecil Parker. (Trans-Lux 72nd St., 1St Ave at 72nd, BU 8-9304; May 8, tentative.) THE SEVENTH VEIL (I945)-A dash of psychiatry and an earful of classical music. A British film, with James Mason and Ann Todd. (Greenwich, Greenwich Ave. at 12th, W A 9-3350; May 9-10.) THAT HAMILTON WOMAN! (I94I)-Vivien Leigh playing Emma to Laurence Olivier's Lord Nelson ( 5th Ave. Playhouse, 5th Ave. at 12th, OR 5-9630; starting May 9.) THE YOUNG MR. Pin (I943)-England at the time of Napoleon. A British film, with Robert Donat and Robert Morley. (Carlton, B'way at Iooth, AC 2-3862; May 8.) MUSEUM OF MODERN ART FILM LIBRARY-Through May II: "The Invisible Man" (1933), with Claude Rains; and "Mid- Vinter Blot" (1946), directed by Gosta Werner.... fJJ Starting May 12: "The Passion of Joan of Arc" (1928), directed by Carl Dreyer. (Showings at 3 and 5:30. A limited number of reservations are available but only to those applying for them in person at the Museum, I I W. 53rd, after noon on the day of the showing.) STATE, B \vay at 45th. (LU 2-5070) Through May 9: "Tomorrow Is Too Late" (in Italian), Pier Angeli, Vittorio De Sica. From May 10: "The Wild North" Stewart Granger, Wendell Corey. VICTORIA, B'way at 46th. (JlT 6-0540) "The Marrying Kind," Judy Holliday, Aldo Ray. WARNER, B'way at 47th (CI 7-5900) May 8: "Mara Maru," Errol Flynn Ruth Roman. (Between showings the Ballet Theatre is presenting "Rodeo" and a short version of "Princess Aurora.") From May 9: "The San Francisco Story," Joel McCrea, Yvonne DeCarlo WORLD, 153 W. 49th. (CI 7-5747) "Miss Julie" (in S\vedish).